GO FOR RAINBOW!

By Jagger Gravning, Dutch Mogul, Laurie Banks & Joshua Quail

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Jagger Gravning (Kotaku, Kill Screen, Motherboard), Dutch Mogul (Thingiverse, Ill Gotten Games), Laurie Banks (Little Sister Gaming) and Joshua Quail (Nerdist) merrily discuss video games as a new frontier of aesthetic expression. There's a different topic each week, as well as a special guest. Sounds like fun. It's fun to have fun.
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ExplicitPannenKoek2012 & Gamescom 2014!

He's the man who found the unkillable Goomba, and collected the uncollectable coin in Super Mario 64. Splashed across the front page of Yahoo, Kotaky and more, he's the irrepressible PannenKoek2012, the single greates font of wisdom for all things...

This week we talk, alphas, betas, early access, Kickstarters and how a games initial players can influence the development of the game. Plus tales of a trip to Nintendo HQ, the shutting down of an MMO and more.
After that we talk with...

Kotaku contributor David Heineman joins us to discuss his recent article
HOW TO BEAT 400 GAMES in 4.5 YEARS, and how he manages his massive backlog for fun but also as part of his academic life studying and writing about games--he is a professor...

Joshua Quail, producer of the Nerdists, What You Missed... series joins us to discuss video game Sequels, Remakes and Spinoffs!
It's a fun one.
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The Gay Gamer joins us to talk about Difficulty in games! Before that we discuss the DESTINY beta,...

Gamify life itself? We discuss the ramifications. Then, after a breif interlude involving voice commands in Wolfenstein: The New Order, and the UbiArt engine used by Child of Light, we we speak with Len Kendall about his upcoming...

Michael Stearns, creator of Tiny Barbarian DX is on the show! We talk about Tiny Barbarian's Conan origins, Astroman, Tiny Barbarian's new Episode 2, but we don't talk about why the ape wants to kidnap the blonde girl. Don't even think about...

Comic book scribe, radio personality and Pulitzer Prize sharing journalist Mark Rahner joins us! You may know his as the wordsmith behind DEJAH of MARS, VAMPIRELLA, ARMY OF DARKNESS/REANIMATOR, THE TWILIGHT ZONE ANNUAL, CTHULU TALES and GREEN...

Andrew Kerekes and Luke Burtis talk about their new game FEARLESS FANTASY, before that the gang has a video game poetry slam consisting of both found and original works. Then it's off to Videogameland to talk about Mario Kart 8, beating Spelunky for...

Mario Kart 8's Ludwig Von Koopa voice David J. Goldfarb & Medal of Honor/Call of Duty animator and Xplore: Pangaea director Sunil Thankamushy, who chats about working with Stephen Spielberg.
Plus we try to do an E3 segment like a regular games...

Roope Tamminen (aka Hypnohustler) the first guest we ever had when we switched to our guest format--IS BACK, BABY. His new endeavor, LAKEVIEW CABIN COLLECTION is on Steam Greenlight! We chat with him about humping flaccid penises, Friday the 13th,...

Comedian and full-body puppet maker Emmett Montgomery joins us to discuss. comedy, storytelling and discovering gaming gems.
Before that Arian and Jagger discuss an experiment they did for Vice + Motherboard in which they smoked marijuana and played...

The Game Kitchen's Raul Diez talks about their new Lovecraftian point and click game THE LAST DOOR. Before that Arian and Jagger do one-on-one talks with non-gamers, trying to delve into their mind and cull their secrets.
Also, some comments...

HELLO! We usually release each Friday, however, today we recorded this episode only to release it a few hours later like an wounded dove. We welcome Logan Fieth, devoloper of Four Sided Fantasy (on Kickstarter till Tuesday!) We...

So honored to speak with Leigh Alexander this week. We discuss writing in the age of internet comments, her gaming habits and her book BREATHING MACHINE.
Before that the gang discusses portable gaming and take a dip into Videogameland where Dutch...

While waiting to record a segment with another guest who was late, we contacted THE STANELY PARABLE developer William Pugh and asked him for an on-the-spot interview which he kindly obliged us with! So we called him up in merry old England then and...

So delighted to have (Dr.) Ian Bogost on this episode. We speak of many things, including gaming culture as it relates to geographical space, and when and when not to whip out the PhD cred.
Before that the GFR crew discuss an article in...

This week is a more loosey-goosey episode as we cave in and do what we have avoided for awhile as a game podcast cliche: "Whatchya been playin?"
This leads into talk of sense of place in the ASSASSIN'S CREED series, and our experiences in the Seattle...

We speak with The Bigot Gamer, who records and exposes all kinds of bigotry (homophobia, racism, religious intolerance, etc.) on his his site www.TheBigotGamer.com.
Before that we speak about racism in games with Microsoft systems developer...

Jim Rodda AKA Zheng3 visits Go For Rainbow to talk about his custom-built, 3D printable Barbie Armor, which he works on as a hobby. His day job is making arcade games! This armor has, this very week, been talked about in the Huffington Post and USA...

This week we have a short, special episode as the usual gang was not available to record this week. Jagger speaks with Paolo Pedercini who teaches at Carnegie Mellon University by day and makes intensely controversial video games by night, including...

We discuss Columbine, the devil coming after your little sister for nefarious purposes and more with Bryan Perro, writer on the game Sang-Froid: Tales of Werewolves expert on werewolf folklore, and author of the bestselling Amos Daragon...

The creators of GENDER BENDER DNA TWISTER EXTREME are on the show: David Kerr and Lachlan Snell!
Wildly successful on Indiegogo, the game is a whimsical fantasy of guys turning into hot girls (and more). Some think the handling of the transgender...

We speak on location with the creator of the acclaimed game THE FLOOR IS JELLY!
Before that Jagger, Dutch Mogul, Laurie Banks and Corey discuss the moral responsibility of video games (violence, addiction).
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This week we speak with Team Tripleslash about their successfully Kickstarted Magnetic By Nature (targeting a March relase date) and living the life of an up-and-coming indie game developer.
Before that Jagger, Dutch-Mogul, Corey, and Laurie...

Chat with Simon Parkin Begins at 36 Min.
Before that Jagger, Corey, Arian and Laurie talk about online interactions in games!
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Chat with Steve Gaynor: 00:45
The Fullbright Company founder and developer of everybody's Game of the Year Steve Gaynor! He previously wrote the MINERVA'S DEN DLC for BIOSHOCK 2 and also worked on level design on BIOSHOCK INFINITE! We have a fun chat...

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This week we welcom Voice Actor John Patrick Lowrie, who has played seven Heroes in DOTA 2, is the Sniper in Team Fortress 2 and played every male citizen in Half Life 2.
Before...

Many thanks to Jamie Doughty for becoming a patron of the show! Follow him on Twitter: @jamiedoughty, check out all the cool stuff he creates at jamiedoughty.com and listen to his poetry podcast: Jamie Doughty Talks!
Our show is community...

No guest this week as Corey, Arian and Jagger look back at the games they played in 2013.
Plus: Corey thinks Native Americans have magic powers.
Movies/TV: Wolf of Wallstreet, Nebraska, 12 Years a Slave Gymkata, Miami Connection,...

Our chat with author Daniel Johnson begins at 31 minutes into the show!
We speak with Daniel Johnson AKA Daniel Primed, author of the amazing 600 page ebook Game Design Companion: A Critical Analysis of Wario Land 4.
Before that Jagger and...

Runic Games' lead animator Matt Lefferts chat starts at 00:50.
Before that Corey, Arian and Jagger discuss Corey's realization that he's a drug addict, Pornhub on consoles, and Destructoid's Game of the Year Nominees.
Games: GTAV, Torchlight...

Chat with The Brainy Gamer Begins at: 36M
This week we are extremely proud to welcome Michael Abbott onto the show! We discuss how one manages such a time-consuming commitment such as gaming with a busy lifestyle.
Before that Arian and...

ExplicitComposing for Video Games and RPG: The Musical with Steve Barnes

This week we welcome Steve Barnes who is composing the score for the upcoming game Frontiers, still piping hot off its $157,000 Kickstarter success. We also speak about his stage musical: RPG (the studio-recorded album of which has just been...

ExplicitJessica Martin on Acting in Games, Directing and Speaking Wookie

Gamers will probably know Jessica Martin best from her portrayal of Samus Aran in Metroid: Other M or her role in The Gamers: Hands of Fate. She's also a filmmaker and speaks fluent wookie!
We chat about life as an actress in Seattle, portraying...

This week we speak with developer Hypnohustler AKA Roope Tamminen about his horror comedy hit game Lakeview Cabin, its roots in early slasher films and its sudden success spurred, in part, by PewDiePie.
Also: Corey is back! He talks about Assassin's...

This week we ditch the versus format to speak with chiptune compser Doug Zwick about his game Super Space Blank and about the daily life at Digipen Institute of Technology where he studies game design.
Games: Pac Man CE Deluxe +, Super Space...

Why is that one guy always talking about blackface? Staring at suicide fences from inside a bus.
The Last Tango (barkingdoginteractive.com/lasttango), Shelter, Volgarr The Viking, Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse, Star Wars Pinball,...

Two manly podcasts stride into the octagon, one leaves on a stretcher. Can Go for Rainbow recover some basic human dignity after a string of humiliating losses? Only the Algorithm (and God, maybe) know for sure. In any case, what will we steal from...

Caution: A lot of bosom discussion in this one.
Last week we competed against Polygon.com's video game podcast The Besties and stole their halftime. This week? We review and compete against the Nerdist's Indoor Kids. Who will win? What will we...

We went High Concept! Each week we will compete against a popular video game podcast, review them and rob them of an element of their show. Then, like Mega Man, we will make that element a permanent fixture in our own show! It's all part of our quest...

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Discussed:
MARVEL HEROES, STEALTH Inc. A Clone...

Corey thinks the monsters in The Last of US are designed by Naughty Dog to be subtly comedic.
Corey gets defensive about Jagger talking about the group public orgies of the religious movement that Corey is a part of called Adi Da.
Jagger tries to talk...

The Air Force recruiter is trying to avoid Corey. Corey explains that even though he thinks the Air Force is secretly dropping chemicals on American cities, he doesn't think he's a hypocrite for wanting to enlist.
Corey has his wife and baby go...

Corey wants to Clarify the Zeus story (he does not talk about Zeus with people he had just known for ten minutes, just good friends).
Corey tries to tell the moral of Life of Pi but keeps getting sidetracked.
He likes to put on lipstick and his wife's...

Sometimes people think the titles of our show are jokes, but they are literal descriptions of what we are discussing on the show.
Corey using black magic to communicate with Zeus
Corey's belly fatter than his wife has ever seen it.
XBOX ONE
CALL of...

What is love? A wise man named lizzardKing asked me that once on the Destructoid forums. I had no reply to offer. This week Corey and Jagger talk about channeling Pleidian aliens and summoning Jesus like a genie (be careful you don't get baby...

[WARNING: First four episodes were done "raw" i.e. with no editing. So the aesthetic is different than the current version of the show. Serious GFR fans only.] Violence, Uncharted, Journey, Last of Us, Tomb Raider.

[WARNING: first four episodes are not edited and thus have a different aesthetic than show's current format. Serious GFR fans only.] Discussed: Teleporting Cat, Sound Shapes, Lambic Beer, Chemtrails, 9/11 conspiracy, Alex Jones, What in The World Are...